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The Independent reports:
Psychologist and professor emeritus at Stanford University Phillip Zimbardo (who led the team of researchers who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment) has made the warnings, which form a major part of his latest book, Man (Dis)Connected.
Zimbardo says (in this TED talk) there is a "crisis" amongst young men, a high number of whom are experiencing a "new form of addiction" to excessive use of pornography and video games. Citing the research he and his team conducted for the book, he says: "It begins to change brain function. It begins to change the reward centre of the brain, and produces a kind of excitement and addiction."
An article from Psychology Today, however, argues that there are no demonstrable scientific links between porn consumption and the disputed phenomenon called 'Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction.'
Could this problem be manifesting itself as the rise of the Hikikomori?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 10 2015, @11:20PM
Which part exactly is "prosecution complex whining"?
That women misuse false rape/harassment allegations to get men into trouble? Men are automatically assumed guilty until proven otherwise by both society and courts. I can give you as many examples as you can handle, the recent Jackie [wikipedia.org] case being one of them.
That females get preferential treatment in job applications? This is literally the law [wikipedia.org].
That third-wave feminists want revenge against men? Nope [academic.ru], never [twitter.com] happened [taxfoundation.org]!
When you have an automatic condescending knee-jerk reaction against men who speak about their problems, then perhaps you should consider if you are the irrational one.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @12:16AM
> Which part exactly is "persecution complex whining"?
The part where you think you have experienced all of them yourself.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @12:38AM
Like every person that calls themselves a feminist?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @01:54AM
Yes, exactly like everybody who calls themselves a feminist using your persecution complex definition of feminist.
(Score: 2) by naubol on Monday May 11 2015, @04:31AM
Quoting the man tax to say that all women want revenge is a bit like claiming that all men want to be violent based on the fact that most rapes are committed by men. Also: I'd rather pay the tax than be raped, how about you?
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday May 11 2015, @06:08AM
If you literally define rape as one person penetrating another person, men are going to come-up more often as rapists. Replace the word 'rape' with 'coercive sex', and suddenly it is not the men but women, who are the biggest perpetrators. 'Are you man enough?'
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday May 12 2015, @01:44AM
Bingo.
Also I'd like to invent something called Dworkin's Law if something else hasn't already been named after her. Call all acts of penetration rape, and you've just accused a good segment of the lesbian population of rape.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 11 2015, @06:15AM
to say that all women
Sit down sparky, nobody is talking about all women.
Also: I'd rather pay the tax than be raped, how about you?
Neither [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday May 12 2015, @04:25AM
I'm sorry, I don't know what a man tax is. Would you please elaborate?
I was assigned the male gender at birth and unfortunately am having a difficult time amending my birth certificate to female. I have a fully functional female reproductive system. Would the man tax apply to me? What are the legal proposials. I'm sorry in my ignorance of feminism, I honestly have never heard of this before.
(Score: 2) by naubol on Tuesday May 12 2015, @04:42AM
google, first link?